# Adaptation and Pilot Test of a Universal School-Based Suicide Prevention Program

> **NIH NIH R34** · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · 2021 · $13,378

## Abstract

Suicide has been a persistent public health problem in the United States. Whereas some other countries have
been able to reduce their national rate, there has not been the same level of attention to the emerging
evidence, data informed resource allocation, and level of national investment in suicide prevention in the
United States. Although we have data collected on multiple potential etiological factors that could be linked and
used for action, these data often sit in silos. As was concluded by a National Institutes of Health Pathways to
Prevention workshop on youth suicide, data sources can be linked in order to approve surveillance, outreach,
and to inform which clinical and community approaches work for whom and under what conditions. Many
logistical, data interoperability, and practical issues with data linkage can be overcome. This project will
conduct data linkage at the state level in Maryland using individual-level medical records linked with data on
community contextual factors to study patient characteristics (e.g., age, gender, race, ethnicity); social
determinants of health and socioeconomic context; clinical attributes (e.g., diagnoses, procedures); hospital
encounter attributes (e.g., insurance payer, length of stay days); hospital attributes (e.g., urban, rural, teaching,
private), and hospital location (county, city, postal zip code) in relation to suicide. We have three co-occurring
national challenges/traumas in the United States right now: 1) the deadly COVID-19 pandemic and associated
shelter in place order; 2) the economic impact of COVID, 3) civil unrest due to racial injustice. The effects of
these national challenges disproportionately have affected people of color and have broadened the social and
economic divide. As of June 19, 2020, we have lost approximately 120,000 Americans to COVID-19. This
project will link data from multiple sources in Maryland to 1) identify predictors of youth suicide by race/ethnicity
2) study access to and continuity of mental health services before and during COVID-19 among youth by
race/ethnicity.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10206479
- **Project number:** 3R34MH121639-01S1
- **Recipient organization:** JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY
- **Principal Investigator:** Holly C Wilcox
- **Activity code:** R34 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2021
- **Award amount:** $13,378
- **Award type:** 3
- **Project period:** 2020-03-01 → 2023-01-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10206479

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10206479, Adaptation and Pilot Test of a Universal School-Based Suicide Prevention Program (3R34MH121639-01S1). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-24 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10206479. Licensed CC0.

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